Share of primary energy that comes from nuclear and renewables by country

Measured as a percentage of total energy supply.

Countries reporting
36
Highest
47.1%
France
Lowest
0.0%
Germany
Median
7.9%
Years covered
61
1965–2025
Data points
10,361

What the numbers show

Share of primary energy that comes from nuclear and renewables is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 47.1% in France; the lowest is 0.0% in Germany.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.9%, and the mean is 11.7%.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Japan (up 2,265.7%), and the largest decrease in Germany (down 100.0%).

Share of primary energy that comes from nuclear and renewables: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 France 47.1% 2025 up 2.3% volatile
2 Finland 33.5% 2025 up 46.4% volatile
3 Slovakia 32.5% 2025 up 28.9% volatile
4 Sweden 30.8% 2025 down 12.0% volatile
5 Slovenia 25.7% 2025 up 5.4% rising
6 Ukraine 24.8% 2025 down 3.9% rising
7 Bulgaria 24.0% 2025 up 11.9% volatile
8 Czechia 23.1% 2025 up 34.8% volatile
9 Switzerland 22.8% 2025 down 9.4% rising
10 Hungary 19.2% 2025 up 2.6% volatile
11 Belarus 16.4% 2025 volatile
12 South Korea 15.5% 2025 up 5.1% volatile
13 Belgium 11.8% 2025 down 2.9% volatile
14 Spain 11.4% 2025 down 5.4% volatile
15 Romania 10.5% 2025 up 2.4% volatile
16 United States 9.6% 2025 down 4.0% rising
17 Pakistan 8.3% 2025 up 389.8% volatile
18 United Arab Emirates 8.1% 2025 volatile
19 Canada 7.7% 2025 down 15.7% rising
20 Russia 7.6% 2025 down 0.1% rising
21 Japan 6.2% 2025 up 2,265.7% volatile
22 United Kingdom 6.2% 2025 down 35.3% rising
23 Argentina 3.7% 2025 up 60.8% volatile
24 China 3.3% 2025 up 106.7% volatile
25 USSR 3.0% 1984 up 384.5% volatile
26 South Africa 2.3% 2025 down 11.5% volatile
27 Brazil 1.5% 2025 down 0.4% volatile
28 India 1.5% 2025 down 1.5% rising
29 Mexico 1.4% 2025 down 15.9% volatile
30 Netherlands 1.4% 2025 up 13.5% rising
31 Taiwan 0.8% 2025 down 90.0% volatile
32 Iran 0.4% 2025 up 14.6% volatile
33 Lithuania 0.0% 2025 volatile
33 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2025 volatile
33 Italy 0.0% 2025 volatile
33 Germany 0.0% 2025 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of primary energy that comes from nuclear and renewables
Unit
%
Source
Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
218 places, 10,361 data points, 1965–2025
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Measured as a percentage of total energy supply.